Don't like those new Castle sets at all, they look bulky and poorly designed. The new LoTR sets look great. Love the battle at the Black Gate, we finally get Gandalf the White! Also, not sure how I feel about that Sail Barge.

I do hope so, but from what I am seeing I am not so sure. I'm almost positive they are the real deal since some of the pictures are of the sets that have been released such as the AT-RT, flat-bed truck- you get the message.

The pictures are on flickr, the Sail Barge looks much worse than the last one. The front is nowhere near as nice, they don't even use a new mold. The LOTR sets are all fairly large except for the Wizard Battle. We finally get Gandalf the White! The Republic Gunship is the same as the one in the Yoda Chronicles preview. No new Star Wars minifigures from the the blurry pictures that I could see except on Jabba's Sail Barge it kind of looked like Max Rebo:http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Max_Rebo Didn't see any pictures real pictures of Series 10 or 11, sadly. Galaxy Squad will continue for another wave!

Like the City sets a lot - especially the heli-plane. But where are the buildings? Luckily there are some set numbers missing - 60013/24/26 - so hopefully some buildings in what is probably the retailer exclusives.

Also lookin forward to seeing the new Friends sets - the school and bakery sound promising.

The minifigures are getting nicer whereas the sets are getting worse, go figure.

Not surprising and can't blame Lego for following the money. Sales consistently prove most people care far more about minifigures than bricks and pieces. As long as this is true we can continue to expect dumbed down builds with bloated minifigures counts

The minifigures are getting nicer whereas the sets are getting worse, go figure.

Not surprising and can't blame Lego for following the money. Sales consistently prove most people care far more about minifigures than bricks and pieces. As long as this is true we can continue to expect dumbed down builds with bloated minifigures counts

What you say is so true, unfortunately. we want good minifigs and sets. Guess we cna't have both.

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